Starting device for packed folded paper



1,579,429 L. J. ARMS STARTING DEVICE FOR PACKED FOLDED PAPER Filed Dec.11, 1923' a Z I III/III III I s 4 z 1 I II/I I IA II I III/I II I -I I ma z .3 3/ Z n I a 2 y r d V V A J ,7 H 7 II I I I A III IIII I I III aPatented 6, 1926.

UNlT E D "TsT ss LELAND J. ARMS, or sAN raANcrsco, cAL I FoRNIA,ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF PELL, JR, or sANr'nANorsoo, CALIFORNIA;

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STARTING DEVICE FOR PACKED FoLnEn PAPER.

Application filed December 11, 1923. Serial No. 679,993.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, LELAND J. ARMS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Starting Device for PackedFolded Paper, of which the following is a specification. v

The present invention relates to a starting device for packed foldedpaper and has particular reference to folded tissue toilet paper such asis commonly used in lavatories. Paper of this character is usuallyhandled in stacks of units folded once or twice, each unit beinginterlocked with the next succeeding unit and the stack being usuallymounted in a container provided with a slot in the bottom thereofthrough whichthe units may be successively withdrawn, the interfoldedrelation between the units being such that the withdrawal of one unitcauses the end of the next succeeding unit to project through the slot.While thus each unit on its withdrawal starts the next succeeding unit.no 25 means is ordinarily provided for starting the first unit of astack and it is. proposed in the present invention to provide aconvenient means for this purpose. I

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 shows my device for starting the lowermostunit of the stack, Figure 2 shows a vertical section through a boxcontaining a stack of paper with my starting.

device in place, Figure 3 a transverse vertical section throu h the samedevice; Fi ure 4: an enlarged detail view illustrating t e use of mydevice, and Figure 5 a perspective view showing my device in place in astack held in an ordinary wrapper as the same sometimes appear on themarket. While I have shown only the preferred form of the inventions Iwish to have it understood that various changes or modifications may bemade within the scope of the claim hereto attached without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

The units (1) of paper shown in Figure 4 and throughout the drawing arepresented as double layers of tissue paper, each unit being folded twicein the manner illustrated; It, of course, does not-make any differencefor the purpose of my invention whether. the units are folded once onlyor more often.

A stack (2) of these units is shown in Fig- 55 ures 2 and 3 as beingpacked in a carton (3) struction, which latter is provided with aGQcorresponding slot (7 in the bottom and 7 with lips (8) depending'cfromthe edges of the slot for guiding the'paper units. The container as wellas the carton are preferably formed with recesses (9) in the side wallsat either end of the slot to facilitate the withdrawal of the paperunits;

My starting device com rises a simple piece ofv string or tape (11 whichmay be formed of any suitable material glued or otherwise attached to asheet (12) of flexible material'preferably paper, and is introduced intothe lowermost fold of the stack in a manner illustrated in the variousfigures, particularly in Figure 4, preferabl so that the string or tapeis disposed a ove the sheet (12). The latter sheet is preferably made ofthe same size as the fold of the paper so as to conveniently fit intothe stack without projecting outside of the same, while so thetapeorstring (11) is sufiiciently long to project at one or both ends over theside edges of the stack so that either end of the same maybe-conveniently taken hold of by the operator. It will be seen that whenthe operator pulls downwardly on the string the latter will be pulledthrough the slot in the carton and the slot in the container, and willthereby force the lowermost end of the bottom unit through the slot sothat the same may be conveniently gripped for the purpose of withdrawingthe same. It will be noted that the sheet (12) serves to position thestring and the latter is preferably placed to be immediately above theslot and substantially on the center line of the stack provided, ofcourse, the slot'happens to be on the center line. The sheet (12) servesthe further purpose of offering resistance to longitudinal motion of thestring so that the latter will not move endwise' when pulled downwardlywhich would defeat the object of the'present invention. 1

To use my vdevice the same is inserted in the lowermost fold before thestack is placed into the carton in the manner shown in Figure 4 with thetwo ends of the string (11) projecting outwardly and to start the stackit is only necessary to pull on the string (11) which will force thesheet (12) and with it the free end of the lowermost paper unit throughthe slot.

There the stack is held in an ordinary Wrapper as showninFigure 5 mydevice may be used for the same purpose.

. I claim:

A starting device for packed folded paper of the character described,consisting of an 1 unfolded sheet superimposed on the lowermost leaf ofthe package and having operating projections extending over the sideedges of the package in central relation thereto and allowing the end ofthe leaf to be drawn through a centrally disposed slot below the leaf bymanipulation of the said projections.

LELAND J. ARMS.

